Sunday, November 24, 2013

Riusuke Fukahori

Riusuke Fukahori is a Japanese artist primarily paints goldfish.



The largest portion of Fukahori's body of work consists of goldfish, painted carefully to give the illusion of being completely three dimensional. When I first came across his work, I mistook it for work similar to Damien Hirst's, just clear instead of blue. Fukahori actually employs an indirect method of precision painting, where he a layer of a fish, and tops it with a thin layer of clear resin, continuing the process until the top most layer of resin is only as thick as he needs it to be to separate the viewer from the top of the fish.



He is a master of feigning reality. The layers of paint are thin and transparent, but when he completes the painting, the layers are thick enough to cast a shadow that fits the presence of what Fukahori is faking with paint. They fit in flawlessly with the real objects he incorporates into the three dimensional paintings.



To see more of his work from his exhibition Goldfish Salvation and to see some of his work in progress clips, here is a short (<5 minutes) youtube video dramatic music. I highly suggest it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJOQG_bpQM

3 comments:

  1. I saw this a couple of years back and was astounded by how realistic his creations are. A beautiful example of the how far the use of layers can be pushed to create "virtual reality."

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  2. I looked at the images prior to reading the entry and could not believe the goldfish were paintings! It is astonishing to see how the artist delicate technique successfully transfer over to his work. These seemingly "floating" goldfish are a remarkable example of the artists technique and delicate transferring over to the work.

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